"I never noticed that. And the prices were very high at that time too!"

"He He, the gas prices in the background are a subtle touch."

"Ah, I think that was something with that prototype. That car was VP7, and there was a bunch of monitoring hardware plugged into it's bus and sitting in the passenger foot well. I think I remember them telling me not to worry about it...

I rarely see it in my car now. "

"The battery is still doing well. I think less than 10% capacity loss over it's 27 months of life. "

"Maybe it's not FAULT; all we really see is FAU and a partial line... It could say FAUSTER as a misspelling of faster (oh, no it couldn't, that's curves, not lines)"

"Drool :)"

"jealous :)"

"After 2 years, how is the battery holding up?"

"Great T-shirt!"

"What is with the FAULT indicator?"

"This will be my "That's my boss" picture to show friends and family."

"Much of the chasis, suspension and interior are just standard Lotus parts. Compare the interior of an Elise with a Roadster--very similar, especially the first 1.x gen like mine.

Oh, and it is awesome to drive. Had to drive my M3 today, and after driving the Roadster for 2 years, the M3 feels like a truck."

"It looks like it has a ordinary key, wonder why..."

"Envy! How is it to drive? It's a unbelievable cool car. Nerdy but still a race car. And that's more then I can say about my Prius..."

"Yes, this is Tesla's Roadster Validation Prototype #7 that I test drove in June 2008. I liked the color so much that I picked it for my order that was delivered in 2009. So my daily driver looks just like this picture, except that the wheels are black."